Headlines Cafe

Great place for sufi, bollywood songs along with dj and amazing starters and finger foods.

Welcoming hôtel specified with delicious dishes, amazing staff and healthy environment. Nevertheless very attractive and diversified

I had a great time every nigth I came here. I didn't speak the language but I enjoyed the live bands, food and shisha.

After staying as a guest in the Mercure Gold for more than one month, I enjoyed coming Downstairs every night and relaxing.

Everyone was amazing. The manager and all the staff made by business partner and I fell extremely welcome and always asked if we needed anything.

All the staff and management were awesome.

The food was delicious and well priced.

This place gave good vibes. We will come back and I encourage everyone to go an have a great nigth at Headliners.

Great music, food and awesome people!

Nice place to hangout on a weekend. Loved the food and drinks. However I personally prefer their branch in Marina Headlines Premier. It's more spacious and happening comparatively.

It's nice place with nice Indian live music and very excellent customer service, if you are in dubia and need beautiful Indian live music try ot out

It's amazing place, specially the fast service and delicious food, and owesome music, I really like service of rizza, she was amazing as fastest service

Place is awsome.server sarita was very supportive. I had guests with me and she took good care for us. God bless

It was so pathetic that I can't even explain it. The live band performance which should have started by 10.30-11 as told to us, it started by 12 and over the top they gave the reason that there was not much crowd. That's meant we were stupid enough to go by 10. After all this the live singer was performing so bad sorry to say but the worst live performance ever seen and trust me we have been to many in their other outlet called headlines executive. Infact even on this day that was a Saturday we literally left from campus and booked a cab and went to executive when we had our room booked in Mercure Gold hotel expecting a good experience.
Too bad.

Headlines is awesome place to enjoy. The ambience the food and drinks. So happy with all. This is a place where you will find all under one roof. Music food sheesha and drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic).
Service is great. Happy to get a service from Rizza. She was great. Approached in professional way and smiling face. This is what customers wants. Her attitude and body language was positive and 100%. Rizza you are best. Keep shining.

Great Bar and good Indian Music… Sufi night by a live band when we visited! Good Vibes & Food!

Best desi joint by far! Great acoustics and a fantastic DJ make this the perfect Bollywood party place in Old Dubai!

GREAT SERVICE! The staff are super friendly. The music is nice. Definitely gonna come back again.

Best place I ever worked in Dubai.super cool staff & super cool audience.lots of love & respect #headlinescampusrocks

Went there with my friends. The place was too loud for a small enclosed place. The live music was good but couldn’t enjoy because of the blaring boom boxes. We were seated right in front making the noise unbearable to a large extent. None of us were able to even speak with each other or the person taking our order. The cover charges were too high considering the quality and quantity of food and service. The staff was outnumbered by the people ordering. Dancing isn’t allowed even with the peppy numbers being played. One can only sway in their own place. The tables were too small for 4 people, keeping all food plates and drinks being a visible challenge. Not exactly a « paisa vasool » place. If you have the desire for live music with food, alcohol and sheesha with money to spare, this could be your chosen destination.

This may be my first review ever and I am sorry it’s going to be not good one.
I got friends from 3 different country for dinner.

One of the most ridiculous service we ever experience.
Order the starter that doesn’t arrive for half an hour,
Order the main course and some party of it arrives and some part come after we almost finish of dinner.
Than I ask for the Zomato discount and guy is like we can’t give discount and we giving free jeera rice.
Suggestion stop running the place if u can’t run the place.

A lovely evening spent with live music by Tuaana and Vivek, they are too good.loved their music compositions.good food.good ambience n music.

My all time fave place.very nice food, sheesha here is ok.but the live music performances there actually boosts ur spirit and make it worth spending time there.

Best place to party in Dubai - place is very nice good ambience, staff was so courtesy and helpful from the beginning till end (6 hours) we spent. Foods are very yummy other than fish tikka, Mocktail and cocktail options plenty. Prices little higher but you get 20% on zomoto pro so manageable. Special appreciation to the live music team we felt like extend for another hours and their video songs collections also very good and lively till closing. Definitely recommended

Great bar with strong Indian vibe.
Helpful, friendly staff.
Live band was excellent, they were playing Indian cover music which went down very well with the crowd there.
Attentive table service with Covid precautions in place.

My all time favorite place, I'm just going for #shail the rock star, he's like stress reliever?

It was a mixed experience for me and my friends. We loved the music and atmosphere, very nice for a desi gang get together. However very surprisingly while reserving table I was asked "how long will you stay". Thus is not something common in Dubai, anyhow I had mentioned 11 or until midnight and at 11 they wanted us to leave, as the table was supposedly reserved for someone else. Nevertheless there were so many empty tables, they could have adjusted, but we felt unwelcomed. Not a good experience.

The food though good, the prices of food & alcohol are way above 5star prices for a restaurant in a 4star Hotel.
A place catering to Indians at large, is a bit crowded with no respect to Covid protocols. Compared to other hotels with live bollywood music, the group entertaining is average. They surely have a lot of room for improvement. Guess the music there is blaring to overshadow their flaws.
Though I'm a nonsmoker, found the Shesha staff serving the patrons at the side, a bit arrogant.

It was total enjoyment from live band to drinks to food. Bit on expensive side but itz worth it. Total bollywood

Very expensive not worth it.service is very slow and also they gave wrong information while booking table

I went to watch IPL match SRH vs MI. It was amazing time, fun to watch the game. Ambience was nice with live music which started after the match, adding more fun to the time we spent there.
Seesha and food was also good.

Good live band, but they need a girl band too or a girl in the band.staff are all very good and friendly.
Food can be better.

Great place to spend your weekend
With good food
Deals on drinks
Shisha
And great party atmosphere and live band after 10
Bit on pricey side
Not many offers on food menu which they need to work on

This place used to be a happening top notch Desi place to hang out. It used to be great fun going there when they had a good band AKS playing at this place. However upon my recent visit yesterday found out a totally OUT OF TUNE band egged on by their chaperones and that for me is a major let down.

The ambience, food and liquor (a bit overpriced) is still great to be, but then the live music is a turn off.

Guys at Headlines please fix this anomaly and get the soul back.

Rude and obnoxious staff absolutely ruined the whole night for us. Wholeheartedly do not recommend.

Headlines Mercure

It’s a scam

We reached the place at 2: 30 and placed an order for drinks, food and sheesha
Food was tasty but got diarrhea the next day.

Since we ordered the sheesha we got it by 2: 50, took a drag and the sheesha was taken few minutes later where the staff said sorry we are closing.

Staff really unorganised and rude. First of all since Covid 19 there is a restriction for no of people on one table so we sat on three different tables, got a bill of 900 stated by the staff who refused to either seperate the bill per table also refused to show the bill. When asked for the bill separation she got irritated and left. End up taking above 1500 as nobody wanted discuss over money from one end to the other end.
Management is involved in all the mess, not worth at all.

V manipulative and over charging u. As compare to ambience and food price is way higher.its just a regular cafe but the price is like burj al arab.wake up guys.will never go back

BEWARE!
Very manipulative! Very Pricey!
We were sitting on 3 different tables as we were a big group.the staff brought a combined bill and refused to get seperate bills. They rushed us into paying the bill by saying it was time to close and they dont have time to get us separate bills.
The bill was not showed to us either for cross checking.we were verbally asked to pay.
Saving grace of the place is the live music which is wonderful but besides that the place seems to be a scam!
Never going back!
You just lost 12 customers!

Awesome atmosphere. Cramped but people on all tables were dancing. Good hindi music that just makes you get up and move

It was better before. Price is hiked like anything. Its not a 5 star hotel restaurant still charging more than that

Perfect choice to have a big selection of Cocktails / Mocktails / Beer with Appetizer enough to skip dinner but also have few selection of full dinner and shisha. A very Warm Welcome at the Reception. Courteous Staff making you feel like equally important Guest as other. Perfect Indian Music played by an DJ and Live Singing of Bollywood Songs. From past 3 yrs All my Birthday Parties have been at this place and all my guests have loved it.

Ambitious: Not So Great
Food:
Service: Not Good
Live Band: Musicians are Good

Nice place and best part is decent people are came here if u go with your family and friends very good place to go live music was so awesome
And drum guy is very awesome must go for him
And if u have zomato gold membership than u can enjoy buy 2 and get 2 drink and many more offers available

Live bollywood music, food, cocktails, sheesha, great atmosphere. Cosy place not too loud, intimate

Good place with a bunch of talented live band artist playing thr food is good drinks price a bit on higher weekend service if very poor and u will find some guys with bad attitude managing the club!

Amazing place! Great live music and great selection of drinks! Didn't get a chance to order the food but it did look good!

If u like Bollywood live singing this so the place to be. We were here on Friday and it was a rocking night. There was live singing alternated by an amazing DJ every 45 mins. The place was also open till 4 am. The food was amazing as well, and the service was super. We had a great time as we danced away the night. Great energy at this place located in Mercure Gold Hotel at Al mina road. The live singer on this day was Arun Singh Instagram handle @starboyas

It's a nice entertainment place. I m saying to all came & enjoy food drinks sheesa & dj with live band.

A very nice & lovely place to hang out with friends or family.

Right place to be in when your sad or low.
It has good ambiance food and live music.

The artist who performed werr great, they made sure they drew ppls attention and they seemed quite talented.

For those who enjoys shisha with alcohol they would love the place.

Good about the place
1. Live music
2. Lovely ambiance
3. Good food
4. Shisha

What people might not like
1. Smaller space
2. Service could be improvised
3. Some of the seats are too closed to speakers

It's was really good place to be# amazing music and band, ambience is really good, staff is really helpful.food is good

One place for everything u like. Sheesha, drink, tasty food, live music, DJ, happy hours, one of the best customer services which gives u a very good discount if u r a regular customer. This place has been our weekend spot for the past 2 years and still enjoying it.

Not my kind of place.however the music is good albeit loud enough to hurt your ear drums especially if you are on the better side of 35. Live band is monotonous (been there thrice at the best of friends and family) but talented. Food is better than the cocktails which were served in depressing glasses, sheesha needs improvement. Service is impressive. Right kind of water
hole for the desi water buffalo who wants to relive his drunken undergrad nights and sway to music without fear of being judged for lack of dancing skills that desis are never taught growing up.

Great ambiance, Good desi food, Live music is nice, DJ is awesome and great staff! You will enjoy your night out at Headlines!

Food and everything was fine. The place is vibrant and recommended. Shisha needs improvement, one of the worst places to have Shisha. Overall worth visiting.

Headlines cafe is one of the best places to have food and drinks with your friends. It is well lit and offers a variety of different tastes. Honestly the paneer tikka pizza is one ive never ever tasted. Absolutely amazing, chinese bhel is also amazing. Overall a great amazing experience.

Nice place and good music. Great place for a nice desi night but the place is just too crowded to have a relaxed evening there is constant flow of people pushing you to get around the place.

Food was nice, variety of drinks is reasonable considering the other places in the same area, live music was not good

They have 2 branches
1) JLT
2) Karama
Mostly I order from JLT as its near to where I live. At restaurant they have 3-4 tables inside and 2 outside.
Food is average for the price. Taste is okay, quantity is satisfied. Mostly I eat paya (Goat trotters) combo with naan. That is fine.
For the price the food is fine.

Best indian live music band of Dubai. Band startes at 11: 00 pm and transforms the atmosphere. Great crowd, superb singers and best DJs set the stage on fire.